Thousands of Donald Trump supporters storm the United States Capitol building following a “Stop the Steal” rally on Jan. 6, 2021, in Washington, D.C. The protesters stormed the historic building, breaking windows and clashing with police. Trump supporters had gathered in the nation’s capital to protest the ratification of President-elect Joe Biden’s Electoral College victory over President Trump in the 2020 election. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images)
With Republican President-elect Donald Trump set to return to office Monday, the possibility that he will pardon people who were criminally convicted for their actions during the Jan. 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol approaches.
Nearly 1,600 people face federal charges in connection with the attack, which was fueled by Trump’s baseless denial of President Joe Biden’s 2020 election win. The attack resulted in dozens of injuries, four rioter deaths and five police officer deaths.
Trump said in December he would act “very quickly” to pardon many defendants on his first day in office. He said he might make exceptions “if somebody was radical, crazy.”
After the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in the Fischer v. United States case that Jan. 6 defendants cannot be charged with obstructing an official proceeding unless a lower court finds otherwise, hundreds of Jan. 6 cases were thrown into question. Many defendants had other charges that were not affected by the court’s decision.
People sentenced to prison in relation to the insurrection are incarcerated within the Federal Bureau of Prisons.
Below are the people charged with Jan. 6-related crimes who are from or were arrested in Colorado. Some are currently behind bars or still face judicial proceedings.
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Alexis Bustos, 27, was arrested in November 2021 in Denver. In November 2022, he pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building and was sentenced to 24 months probation.
Todd Branden Casey was arrested in August 2023 in Georgetown at age 53. He was charged with civil disorder; assaulting, resisting, or impeding law enforcement officers; entering a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a restricted building; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building; impeding passage through the Capitol; and act of physical violence in the Capitol. A virtual pretrial conference for his case is scheduled for next week.
Jacob Travis Clark, 36, was arrested in April 2021 in Colorado Springs. He hit a Capitol police officer with a wooden plank during the Capitol breach, according to prosecutors. A judge sentenced him in October 2023 to 33 months in prison and 12 months of supervised release for obstruction of an official proceeding, a felony, and five related misdemeanors. According to prison records, he has not been in custody since September 2024 after a judge vacated his conviction following the Fischer case. Clark’s case is still making its way through the court system after he appealed.
Glen Wes Lee Croy was arrested in February 2021 in Colorado Springs. In August 2021, he pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building and was sentenced to 14 days in a community correction facility and three years probation, including 90 days of at-home detention.
Tyler Earl Ethridge, 36, was arrested in July 2022 in Denver. In September 2023, he was convicted of felony counts of obstruction of an official proceeding and civil disorder, as well as several misdemeanors. He was sentenced to seven months in prison and 24 months of supervised release in September 2024. According to prison records, he is detained at FCI Englewood and is set to be released in June.
Robert Gieswein, 28, was arrested in January 2021 in Divide. In June 2023 he was sentenced to 48 months in prison for two counts of assaulting, resisting, or impeding officers. He was no longer in prison custody as of June 14, according to bureau records. At the time of his arrest, Gieswein was a Woodland Park resident who appeared to be affiliated with the Three Percenters militia. During the Jan. 6 insurrection, Gieswein had an aerosol irritant spray and a baseball bat on his person, according to his indictment.
Jonathan David Grace, 50, was arrested in March 2023 in Colorado and pleaded guilty to assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers, though other charges were waived under a plea agreement. The Colorado Springs resident was sentenced to 24 months in prison and three years of supervised release. According to prison records, he is held at MCFP Springfield and is set to be released in June.
Logan Grover was arrested in April 2021 in Erie. In July 2022, he pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. He was sentenced to 24 months probation and 30 days home detention.
Thomas Patrick Hamner, 51, was arrested in November 2021 in Colorado Springs. Prosecutors alleged he participated in physical clashes with Capitol police, including by joining a mob that pushed a large metal sign into a line of law enforcement officers. Hamner pleaded guilty to a felony charge of interfering with law enforcement officers during a civil disorder, and in September 2022 he was sentenced to 30 months incarceration. Court documents indicate Hamner had completed his term of custody as of December 2023.
Lisa Anne Homer was arrested in November 2021 in Colorado Springs. She pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol, and in August 2022 she was sentenced to three years of probation and 60 hours of community service. The Wenatchee World in Washington state reported that Homer, then a Yakima County resident, unsuccessfully ran as a Republican for a seat on the Yakima County Commission in 2018.
Jennifer Horvath, 50, was arrested in May 2022 in Colorado Springs. She pleaded guilty to parading, demonstrating or picketing in the Capitol, and in November 2022 she was sentenced three years of probation, including 90 days of home confinement and 14 days at a residential facility. According to FBI documents, Horvath was the girlfriend of Colorado Jan. 6 defendant Glen Wes Lee Croy. A former coworker of Horvath identified her in a screenshot from a video posted online of the day’s events. She is shown wearing a red Trump baseball hat, putting sunglasses on a bust of Winston Churchill and walking through the Capitol halls.
Klete Derik Keller, 42, was arrested in January 2021 in Denver. The former Olympic swimmer pleaded guilty to a felony count of obstruction of Congress and in December 2023 he was sentenced to 36 months of probation and six months of home confinement.
Clive Kincaid, 76, was arrested in August 2023 in Durango. He pleaded guilty to entering and remaining in a restricted building, according to CPR, and was sentenced in August 2024 to 12 months probation, which includes three months of home detention.
Rebecca Lavrenz, 72, was arrested in December 2022 in Denver. She was convicted on charges of entering a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. The Falcon resident has become known on social media as the “J6 Praying Grandma,” and said she would reject a pardon from Trump because it would inhibit her ability to appeal her case. In August 2024, a judge sentenced her to six months of home confinement and 12 months probation.
Avery Carter MacCracken, 71, was arrested in December 2021 in Telluride. He pleaded guilty to civil disorder, the Colorado Sun reported, and other charges including assault after he punched a Metropolitan Police Department officer in the face were dropped. A judge sentenced MacCracken to 12 months of incarceration and 36 months of supervised release. According to prison records, he was released in December 2024.
Matthew James Melsen was arrested in February 2024 at age 34 in Wheat Ridge. He was charged with civil disorder; assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers; entering a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a restricted building; engaging in physical violence in a restricted building; impeding passage through the Capitol grounds; and act of physical violence in the Capitol. His case is still ongoing, with a virtual status conference scheduled next week.
Rodney Milstreed, 58, was arrested in May 2022 in Brighton. He pleaded guilty in April 2023 to charges of assaulting officers using a weapon and possession of an unregistered firearm, and assault on an officer and a member of the media, among other charges. Milstreed, who is from Maryland, agreed that his conduct was “calculated to influence government action by intimidation and coercion.” Milstreed was sentenced to 60 months in prison and 24 months of supervised release. According to prison records, he will be released at the end of August 2026.
Patrick Montgomery, 52, was arrested in January 2021 in Littleton. He pleaded guilty to assaulting law enforcement officers. He fought an officer for his baton and kicked him in the chest while scuffling for the baton. A charge of obstruction of an official proceeding was dropped following the Fischer case. He was sentenced to 37 months in prison and 36 months of supervised release. prison records say he is in custody at FCI Englewood, and he is set to be released in August 2027. Montgomery was charged alongside two co-defendants from Utah who he traveled to Washington D.C. with.
Daniel Michael Morrissey, 43, was arrested in November 2021 in Denver. He pleaded guilty in February 2022 to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building and was sentenced to 45 days of incarceration and three years of probation, with other charges being dropped. Prison records show he is not in custody.
Hunter Palm was arrested in May 2021 in Denver. He pleaded guilty to disorderly conduct on Capitol grounds, and he was sentenced to 36 months probation in January 2024. Footage showed him with a group of rioters who got into former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi’s office, the Colorado Sun reported.
Jeffrey Sabol, 55, of Kittredge was arrested less than a week after the insurrection in New York. He was convicted of three felony charges including obstruction of an official proceeding; federal robbery; and assaulting, resisting or impeding law enforcement officers with a weapon. He helped other rioters drag an officer down steps at the Capitol and into a mob that beat the officer with a flagpole and a baton. In March 2024, Sabol was sentenced to 63 months incarceration and 36 months supervised release. Prison records show he is in custody at FCI Fort Dix with an expected release in July.
Justin Schulze was arrested when he was 37 in November 2023. He was charged with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; entering a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a Capitol building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building. A grand jury indicted the Colorado Springs resident on all counts in April 2024. He and Jan. 6 defendant Eric Zeis were charged together, as the pair traveled from Colorado to Washington together. A status conference on their case is scheduled for February.
David Christian Tyner was arrested in June 2023 in his hometown of Highlands Ranch. He was arrested on the same day his son, Christian Peter Tyner, was arrested on matching charges. David Tyner pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building and grounds and one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building, according to 9News. He was sentenced to three years probation. The Tyners can be seen in a video highlighted in a 2022 Colorado Newsline investigation of Colorado election denier Shawn Smith’s participation in the insurrection.
Christian Peter Tyner was arrested in June 2023 in his hometown of Highlands Ranch. He was arrested on the same day his father, David Christian Tyner, was arrested on matching charges. Christian Tyner pleaded guilty to one count of disorderly and disruptive conduct in a restricted building and grounds and one count of parading, demonstrating, or picketing in a capitol building, according to 9News. He was sentenced to three years probation. The Tyners can be seen in a video highlighted in a 2022 Colorado Newsline investigation of Colorado election denier Shawn Smith’s participation in the insurrection.
Jonathan “Duke” Valentour, 26, was arrested this year in Boulder on the four-year anniversary of the insurrection, the Denver Post reported. He was charged with assaulting law enforcement officers; obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; act of physical violence in the Capitol; entering a restricted building; and disorderly conduct in a restricted building, among other charges. A preliminary hearing is scheduled for April.
Timothy Wayne Williams, 41, was arrested in June 2021 in Denver. He pleaded guilty to knowingly entering a restricted building without authority and theft of government property, with other charges being dropped under his plea agreement, 9News reported. In June 2023, he was sentenced to six months incarceration and 12 months of supervised release, including six months of home detention. Prison records show the Trinidad resident has not been in custody since February 2024.
Eric Zeis was arrested when he was 31 in November 2023. He was charged with obstruction of law enforcement during civil disorder; entering a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a restricted building; disorderly conduct in a capitol building; and parading, demonstrating or picketing in a capitol building. A grand jury indicted the Monument resident on all counts in April 2024. He and Jan. 6 defendant Justin Schulze were charged together, as the pair traveled from Colorado to Washington together. A status conference on their case is scheduled for February.
(Photos from U.S. Department of Justice unless otherwise noted)
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